[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 12016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EXTENSION OF MAP-21

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, later today, the House will move forward on 
an extension of the current transportation authorization, MAP-21. This 
will ensure that Federal funding is available to meet our 
infrastructure needs through spring of next year.
  For some 700,000 construction workers, including roughly 6,000 in 
Nevada, this is welcome news. Nonetheless, this short-term fix is only 
a Band-Aid on a sore that continues to fester.
  For businesses, State departments of transportation, local 
governments, and transit authorities, this kind of unpredictability, 
which has gotten fairly common in Congress, hurts our economy and the 
ability for the public and private sectors to plan to meet our Nation's 
needs.
  The clock is ticking, but there is still time to avoid a manufactured 
crisis again next year. If we work together, put all funding options on 
the table, and consult with stakeholders, we can get serious about 
building needed infrastructure, creating jobs, and investing in our 
future.

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